Ice-Cream Monster Toon Cafe

Have a fun cafe sketching outing with a group of cool artist friends last night!

From Coco the cute little dog to her school teacher ...

This piece is for a James Bond Tribute Show in April at Q Pop, Los Angeles.

I don't normally do pin up, but have to admit, Bond's girls are real fun to draw.

Here is my Odyssey painting.  I have a bit of mix feeling with this painting. This may sound strange, but I can't quite figure out whether I like it or not.  Part of me feel like to re-paint this one with slightly different style ... As you can see from the work-in-progress photos, I make quite a dramatic "edit" in the final framed version ... looking at my final decision ... I almost feel, may be I can push the composition more and make it more stylized.

We all have brilliant excuses of why we forget to do our homework ... the classic of them all is "My dog eat my homework ..." 

See ... I could have done a much better job with these sketches ... "if a chihuahua didn't pee into my water jar ..."   

One of the challenges of out door sketching, is that you can never control the environment ... weather changes, people move around, lighting shift, and with luck ... you got a dog run by your sketchbook ... and take a pee.

Finish my Thumbelina painting, this painting is for an exhibition later in the year in Paris at Gallery Arludik.  Will post detail information about the show as the date get closer.